Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35339, Charles Gardner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gardner, Charles  S. 35 339 or Gardiner
CONTENTS

13.288 D
District of Maine
Charles Garamer
of Bristol in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Haden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of D of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of July 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Hatcher in Thomaston D of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  86.63    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  4 Sep. 1819.  48.00    10 Mo \frac{21}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $134.63  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent September 18th 1820 to Ebenezer Hatcher, Thomaston, Maine.

35 339
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 35,339
Charles Gardner
Rev Rev. Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Charles Gardner Bristol & Maine Mass line 7 Col o . Aldens Rent. 10 March 1701 - 10 June 1703
Adm l ty Bristol Mass line Adm l ty Adm l ty Adm l ty
Bristol 10 Ap l 1703

Medford, Mass s March 31 st 1819.
This is to certify that Charles Gaudineer was a soldier in the late 7 th Mass s Reg t . - That he enlisted to serve "during the war" on the 10 th of March 1781, & that he continued in service until the 8 th of June 1783, at which time he was discharged by General Washington.
J. Morton, Lt. Col. Com d . of 1 st Reg t .

Charles Gardner of Bristol. Maine
June 1841

I Chas. Gardner of Bristol in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts, late a Drum- mer in Capt. Kings Company the 7 th Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Lieut. Col. John Brooks on the continental establishment in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy, testify & say that I enlisted on the 10 th day of March 1781 for during the war and was discharged on the 8 th day of June 1783 by Genl. Washington, & that I am the same identical Chas. Gardner, described in the annexed certificate signed by John Brooks Lieut. Col. commanding said Reg t . that I never have received any pension from the U. States, & that I am now a resident of the U. States & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my Country for support & respectfully request that I may be placed on the pension roll of the U. States agreeably to an act of Congress of the 18 th March. 1818 providing for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the U. States in the revolutionary war,
Charles Gardner

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Charles Gendner — , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bristol , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce ; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor ; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Musician in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid ; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto  affixed , this first day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. nineteen
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this — day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
The Official Authority of the subscriber as a Judge of a Court of Record is certified by the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts on file in the Office of the War Department — And also appears by the Official Seal of the Clerk of the Court in this Circuit which is affixed to those cases that were first forwarded by the subscriber for Pensions — E Thatcher

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben. Thatcher a Judge of the C. C. C. Pleas for the 2 o Eastern Circuit the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Charles Gardner aged 57 years, resident in Bristol in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a musician in the company commanded by Capt. Kings in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brooks in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the tenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13. 288 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Charles Gardner
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of July . A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Eben. Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

175 ch. Gardner
13.200
Can
Sept. 1897
Thatcher

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No property real or personal
Charles Gardiner
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Charles Gardiner who, by occupation am a labourer which I am un able to pursue by reason of except some part of the time.
NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support. No family Charles Gardiner Attest Nat. Coffin Clk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.